There has been a shift at the top of the card for Bellator’s return to Hungary and a promotional newcomer will get an instant title shot. With challenger Darrion Caldwell (10-1 MMA, 7-1 BMMA) out with an undisclosed injury against bantmaweight champ Eduardo Dantas (19-4 MMA, 9-1 BMMA), Leandro Higo (17-2 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) has signed with the promotion and will challenge for the belt at Bellator 177. Bellator officials announced the change today, as well as other matchups for the card. The change first was reported by MMAFighting.com . In addition, Bellator announced a women’s flyweight fight between Helen Harper (4-1, 0-0 BMMA) and Lena Ovchynnikova (11-4, 1-1 BMMA), as well as fights on the prelims between Brian Moore (9-5, 0-1 BMMA) and Ludovit Klein (6-0, 0-0 BMMA) at featherweight and Mate Kertesz (3-0, 0-0 BMMA) vs. Adam Polgar (10-8, 0-0 BMMA) at lightweight
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